THE FORBIDDEN SERIES | A Buyer's Guide and Review

Hi all!
Welcome to those that are new! If you have been around awhile you will know how much I love to play cooperative games solo. Therefore I have done a little buyers guide for you all to talk through some of the differences of each to help you figure out which one might be the best fit for you.
Hope you enjoy!
Baley
‪@gamewright‬
#tabletopgaming #soloboardgames #boardgame #review #buyersguide #boardgamegeek

[@chrisb2129]

I wish I could do two thumbs up on this video! It was a great idea to review the whole series 🙂 You had inspired me to give Forbidden Island a try and "if you are like me you'll just get them all" is then exactly what happened 😂

[@botanyandboard]

Hahahaha Shoulder Baley is on a roll this time! You and Todd both picked them up. 😂 I love it!!! 💚🤗

[@travelinwithTODD]

@@botanyandboard she did it to you to. damn, the power this woman has over people! its intoxicating.

[@botanyandboard]

😂

[@eugenevids]

Great video, enjoy the comparison of all these games.

[@botanyandboard]

Thank you! 🤗

[@smeeker59]

I will have to try Forbidden Desert, I am just starting solo gaming in my effort to spend less time on dumb screen time (does not include brilliant game reviews!😀) and you gave it such high praise I can’t resist. I wouldn’t like the rocket stuff either so you are not alone. I am already thirsty just thinking about playing!

[@botanyandboard]

🤗💚 welcome!! Hahaha of course not.. you know review coverage is buying RESEARCH 😉😆 Yesss! Please get it! I feel confident it won't disappoint!! I literally got thirsty after reading the line about being thirsty 😂

[@greg_herhuth]

As always (I sound like a broken record), great video! This is such a great series of games and I did enjoy them all. I have to go with Forbidden Desert as my favorite. I enjoy the "shifting sands" aspect. I haven't played much of Jungle so I can't say much for it. Pandemic is also a great game, and of course with me loving everything CTHULHU, I really like the Cthulhu Pandemic (can't remember the actual title right now because I am old). Side note - LOL Everyone and their dog should own it (referencing Forbidden Desert). Love it.

[@greg_herhuth]

Forgot to mention - I hate the different box sizes. It drives me and my OCD nuts!!!!

[@botanyandboard]

Same same same it kills me! Oh I have played that one at a game cafe with some girl friends and they all really liked it!! Hahaha I just love it so much. I need Wyatt to get a picture of the dogs playing it 😂 my version of dogs playing poker

[@greg_herhuth]

@@botanyandboard Oh man the mental pictures I get of you around the table with Luna and Lily playing a game of Forbidden Desert. After a tense first round, you finally find a piece of the flying machine. Immediately Luna takes it and runs a few tiles away and buries it back into the sand. Wind blows and covers it deeper. Then Luna runs back to you and very proudly barks her happy accomplishment to you while you simply stare at her in disbelief with your mouth wide open. "Wyatt - I may need more wine for this game".

[@botanyandboard]

@@greg_herhuth omg yesssss!! This is the perfect skit lol 😂🤣😂🤣 Wyatt was just saying he was in the mood to do a skit perhaps this is it!

[@SunnydaleSeven]

I heard you speak so highly about Pandemic solo play in a previous video that I found some more playthroughs to watch - I totally get it!! It’s on my to buy/trade list now!!! lol Curious about these, too!!! lol the themes are way more my style!!

[@botanyandboard]

Pandemic is sooo good! Definitely pick it up! And you can find it for a good price these days too! If the theme of these sounds better please please try Forbidden Desert! How is Penny the Parlor Palm doing?! 🌿

[@SunnydaleSeven]

@@botanyandboard I absolutely will!!! Penny is great!!! Still alive and I think she’s happy?? lol She’s such a great addition to the family, and it’s been really fun dipping my toes into the world of plant raising! - thank you again!!! 😭🙌

[@botanyandboard]

💚🤗🌿

[@SunnydaleSeven]

Eee!!! 🤯 The library I work for had a copy of Pandemic, so I gave it a go after work today - I played it twice back to back!! It’s so fun!!!! I never would have given that game a second glance without your recommendation, so thank you!!! 🙌 I’m getting my own copy, it’s settled!! Lol

[@botanyandboard]

@SunnydaleSeven ahhhhh that makes me so happy to hear!!! 🤗😁🤩 Pandemic is one of the best!!! Also how cool your library has games!

[@travelinwithTODD]

I didn't want to say anything but since you brought it up, you have been wearing that same shirt for a while... I mean... i didn't even know they had Forbidden Sky. I ordered the other 3, i think ill pass on that one. i like how your eyes light up when talking about Forbidden Desert! lol. and you should have had Wyatt, off screen, say "that sounds like a you problem" lol i need to play Pandemic, i have it, but never played it. does it have an official solo mode or a fan variant?

[@botanyandboard]

Hahaha does she only own the one shirt 😆 Those are the best 3 so see you did it right even without my walkthrough yet 😁 I do just love Forbidden Desert so much... My eyes can't hide it!! I hope you love it even half as much as I do lol. For pandemic you can just play it with the regular rules but just run two character or more but you can start with two! The medic, dispatcher, green character I forget his role, and the scientist are my favorites! For pandemic you

[@wyattrobinson6580]

Todd, I am doing a vlog on losing weight over 30 days? Do you think that is interesting stuff or should I bury that deep down lol

[@travelinwithTODD]

@@wyattrobinson6580 it is interesting stuff but just by looking at you in your infamous PANTS skit, you don't look like you need to loose weight. wait...unless you're calling me fat? OMG. you are. strange coincidence, I am stuffing my face at the moment with homemade chili.

[@botanyandboard]

I LOVE chili 😋🌶️

[@travelinwithTODD]

@@botanyandboard ok, i am getting Pandemic out to go over the rules.

[@calebbischof3848]

Just letting you know the description and year for Forbidden Desert at the end is wrong. and the review for Forbidden Sky at the end is wrong.

[@botanyandboard]

Thanks! That was just me being in a rush to include all my new graphics I had made and missed some last QC.